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minus-squareTheObviousSolution@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoAlthough Hanlon’s razor says “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”, I’d argue never misjudge malicious intent for stupidity. The first makes you just look a bit dumb, the second makes you a victim.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI think there does come a point where stupidity and malice are basically the same thing.
minus-squaretomkatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAfter a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.
minus-squarePlantDadManGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoReddit’s razor? Harambe’s razor?
Although Hanlon’s razor says “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”, I’d argue never misjudge malicious intent for stupidity. The first makes you just look a bit dumb, the second makes you a victim.
I think there does come a point where stupidity and malice are basically the same thing.
After a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.
Reddit’s razor? Harambe’s razor?